The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-16
JACK HOWARD'S REPORTS.
Shortages That Appear from Them, While
Several Statements Are Missing.

An accountant will 60 to Jeffersonville to-day
under instructions of Attorney general Kitchener
to make thorough examination of Jack How
ards prison accounts Warden Pattons book
keeper will assist in the work, and il the devel-
opments here recently through Towards old
reports verified by this examination of his
books. it will probably not be long before his
financial mismanagement will appear in enor-
nous aggregate. The prison wardens are re-
CURED to file with the Auditor of State quarterly
reports, and Towards contributions of this kind
have been overhauled by the Attorney-general
1t was by this means that an additional shortage
of $27, 148 Is was discovered. Howard either
made no reports in September 1877 March 1878
and December 1884, or if he did they cannot be
found. But the details of those on file show
enough to uncover the ex-warden's methods.
For instance, the report he left with the Auditor
OF State, April ]. 1876. says that the State paid
Howard 50, no SO. while his disbursements there
from were $4.0l939 A credit of $33777 in
favor is made, but there is still due the State
from this account, ST. 1853 So For the quarter
ending in June, 1877 he submitted a separate
report. in which it is given that the State paid
him SIS, 81. But for the same months he
filed an itemized report wherein it was shown
that he was paid. by the State Treasurer,
$I3,O08. 63; giving $28, 100 Al a total of pay
monIS TO MIN Tor this Quarter. Inc dlSDurse-
ments for this period are placed by him at
$18, o. but of the balance, 81, 093 49, he gives
| no account.
1t was Sept. 8. 1877, that payment of
81, 697 "A WAS made to him, but no report nor
| vouchers therefor from him can be found For
| July. August, September and October. 1879, he
| reported earnings of the prison. $40, 761. 81 He
| paid the State Treasurer, $17,779. 80; leavin G
unaccounted for, So 9S2 %. The prison earn
| ings for February and March, 1880, were
given at 16,11379. The State Treasurer
got from him only $40, 1874 80, but of the balance
| 50, 9l9.47, he made no report nor gave any clew
| as to its whereabouts In April and May the
same year he reported that the prison earned
So 9l9 20 He paid into the treasury SO 969. %,
| leaving due and yet unsettled $949 90 The
earnings for June. July. August and September
of the same year are given by Howard at 500,
922 30. but he paid to the State 800 no AZ, and
the balance, So, 15l 73 is still charged against
| him. In August. September and October. 1885,
the State paid him sol 12l g. His report for
| this period shows the disbursements to have
| been $l9, S13. 90. From the balance 1907 06 has
| been deducted in his favor, but he owes the
| State, of which he has given account, S., 900,
and these several sums give the $27, 148 Is short
age in addition to what the House committee
| discovered It is possible that an examination
| OF Towards books may give trace to part of this
! deficit but his statements for '76 " and IS are
| so mixed and imperfect that it is hard to in
| terpret them without the assistance of the
| books at the prison.